Laurie Lee

LAURIE LEE d1997. English poet, novelist and screenwriter. His most notable work is the autobiographical trilogy ; Cider with Rosie (1959) / As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning (1969) and A Moment of War (1991). The first volume recounts his childhood in the Slad Valley. The second deals with his leaving home for London and his first visit to Spain in 1935 and the third with his return to Spain in December 1937 to join the Republican International Brigades. He died in Gloucester aged 82 on May 13th 1997